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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What character has the strongest position in Part 3?
(a) Aegeus.
(b) Medea.
(c) Jason.
(d) Creon.

2. What does the Nurse fear at the beginning of the play?
(a) Jason will kill Medea for being too contrary.
(b) She will lose her job in the divorce.
(c) Medea will take violent revenge.
(d) The children will be upset when they see their parents fighting.

3. What does Jason claim motivated him to leave Medea for the princess?
(a) He needs money to pay his debts.
(b) It's the only way for him to advance socially.
(c) A desire to better support his family.
(d) He wants a prettier wife.

4. What function does the chorus's ode serve after the fight between Medea and Creon?
(a) It illuminates the subtext behind the relationship between the two.
(b) It offers more exposition to explain what is happening.
(c) It gives time for a scene change.
(d) It gives the audience a breather from the intensity of the scene.

5. What does Medea think about women who have been wronged by a lover?
(a) They are weak victims that need protection.
(b) They are capable of extreme violence.
(c) They need support from the government to get by.
(d) They are at fault for not pleasing their man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What attitude does Jason have towards Medea when he appears?

2. Why does Jason claim Medea should think his plan is good?

3. What does the chorus comment that they can hear in Medea's cries?

4. What does Jason think influences women's judgment?

5. What does Medea think about Jason's argument for his actions?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance, in the first scene, of the Nurse urging the children to hide from their mother until her anger has passed?

2. Why is a messenger used to describe how Creon and the princess die?

3. Why do you think the chorus is made entirely of Corinthian women?

4. Why does the King of Corinth think it is a good idea to send Medea into exile?

5. Do you agree or disagree with Creon's decision to banish Medea? Why or why not?

6. What function does the chorus of Corinthian women serve?

7. What do you think the messenger means when he says the princess "smiled at the lifeless image of herself" in the mirror?

8. Does Aegeus have all the information he needs before he swears an oath to Medea? Explain.

9. Is there any indication that, as Medea claims, the gods know the crimes Jason has committed against her?

10. Why does the author make sure to establish the fact that women are treated poorly by men?

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